"'The military had full access to our students at all times before I
became dean and after,' Kagan said, trying to explain the history of the
situation. Kagan clarifies, "I do oppose the don't ask
don't tell policy, and I did then.She said that as
dean, she tried to make sure recruiters had access to students while
also protecting the school's anti-discrimination policy as well as its
gay students. Sessions responded, 'You couldn't do both,
as it became clear as time went on.' Responding to a
charge from Sessions that Harvard may have been out of compliance with
the law in its change in military recruiting policy, Kagan said, 'We
were never out of compliance with the law.'"